Northern Ireland and the ProKick Gym have a new amateur kickboxing European champion - the east Belfast man Karl McBlain was ahead on points going into the last round of his championship match in Cyprus on Friday night.
Peter Rusk loses out on points the Newtownards based kickboxer stepped in at last minute to replace injured team mate Darren McMullan.
Karl McBlain wins in 4th round by KO and has become the New WKN European Amateur Champion! -
Johnny Smith loses out on a close decision, unlucky Johnny.
Ursula Agnew also lost out, referee stops fight after tough trade of shots.
Well done to all the squad and to ProKick's new European champion Karl McBlain*
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Johnny Smith Post European Title Fight Interview - VIDEO
Another Champion for Prokick.. Well Done Karl
Its gonna be yours next time johnny, that must have been an awesome bout, looking forward to seeing the vids
Well done to Karl I’ve been watching some of you’re fights and I just thought you would win in Cyprus all the fighters who went are very talented but theres some thing different about Karl
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Another Champion for Prokick.. Well Done Karl
Its gonna be yours next time johnny, that must have been an awesome bout, looking forward to seeing the vids
By Mark1 on 09 Mar 2012
Well Done Karl, over the moon for you, fantastie result.
It must be a great feeling having that belf put around your waist. Hope your eye is ok. Anne
By Anne on 09 Mar 2012
Well done Karl well deserved
By Rab BuchananRab Buchanan on 09 Mar 2012
Well done to Karl I’ve been watching some of you’re fights and I just thought you would win in Cyprus all the fighters who went are very talented but theres some thing different about Karl
By adampierceadampierce on 09 Mar 2012